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My female hermann's has been laying eggs for the past 2 years, and I want her to take a break, and not lay more eggs this year. What I need to do?

It's 4x8, I still have to cover it with pond liner. Bottom is 1/2 inch plywood, that sits on 4 strips of 2x2's. Sides are 2x12 spruce/fir.

Spring is here, my neighbor's magnolia will be blooming this week. Is this safe for tortoises?

I'm planning to build an indoor enclosure for my rads, has to be big enough when they are adults, so I'm going to try to make it as big as possible, I'm thinking around 10' x 5', laid on the floor. I want to know what you are using, pictures are appreciated.

Are tortoises that pass urates more prone to forming stones? Like Sulcatas.

I've been keeping spineless opuntia indoor, but the growth is not significant Should their pots be deep or wide? How many inches of soil do you keep?

These belong to a very good friend of mine. I just found it browsing though my pictures, and thought of sharing it.

I came across this: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/01/plowshare-tortoise-eric-goode-video.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14293351

I just found another batch of eggs days later my hermann's laid them, they probably have been buried for good 2-3 weeks. Could this cause deaths to the eggs? Anyone had this happen to them?

I'm going to get this 12'x6'x5' dog kennel as my outdoor enclosure. It doesn't have a top, I'll have to put another fence on top or use metal mesh, hopefully it will be predator proof(hawks, raccoons etc) Thoughts?

A dream vacation for me would be Madagascar. Has anyone been there? I was watching some videos of wild radiated tortoises, not all of them had smooth shells, so maybe pyramiding is genetic to some extent, and same conditions will yield smooth and less smooth shells.

My first ever babies.

I weighed mine, they remained the same over a month, around 140grams. How much are your rads growing in the winter? I wonder if they'll grow faster in summer months.

Or should I use coconut coir or together? I can't find top soil this time of the year. All of them come with fertilizer and white stuff in them.

Ever since I started raising my radiateds, I got interested in growing indoor plants native to their environment to feed them. Do any of you keep any malagasy plants that are edible for the tortoises? I was thinking of Alluaudia(spiny plants). Any hands-on experience is welcome.

I came across yesterday, angry at first then relieved after reading it. http://www.cuecomponents.com/turtleburgers.html

I thought I'd post pictures of my hermann's, I had them for 5 years now, she laid eggs last year, none fertile though, let's see what happens in the next batch. Not the most natural enclosure, I used to have very natural setups, but these guys are just way too destructive and I gave up. I'll...

Their humid hide is covered with paper towel, with yellow sponge on top, one of them must confused the sponge with fruit, and tried to climb up(he was finally succesful after weeks of attempts). In second picture, he fell asleep, it must have been an exhausting process.